Haqqani network operates from Afghanistan, FO insists

Overseas Workplace (FO) spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Thursday reiterated that the Haqqani Community operates from Afghanistan, not Pakistan.

His assertion got here a day after US Senator John McCain stated that the US ought to change its ‘behaviour’ in the direction of Pakistan if the latter “doesn’t cease supporting the terrorist community”.

Throughout his weekly briefing, the FO spokesperson claimed that the Taliban and different terrorist outfits have been eradicated from Pakistan and that these surviving are performing from Afghanistan. He additionally identified that the majority Haqqani leaders had been killed in Afghanistan.

Throughout his briefing, Zakaria additionally rubbished resurgent claims from India of getting carried out surgical strikes on Pakistani territory prior to now, saying it revealed India’s lack of dedication to resolve conflicts between the 2 nations.

Condemning the bloodshed by the Indian military in India-held Kashmir, he urged the worldwide group to face towards India’s inhumane remedy of Kashmiris.

The FO spokesperson additionally stated that studies of India’s use of chemical weapons in India-held Kashmir have to be investigated.

He additionally welcomed the assertion of Iran’s chief Ayatollah Khamenei, who just lately urged the Iranian judiciary to formulate a stance on Kashmir and referred to as for Muslim nations to face towards human rights violations by India in India-held Kashmir.